Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

"what?!"

Following Lu Qiying's exclamation, the hall fell into deathly silence.

Everyone looked at Gu Qianhan in disbelief.

Just now, they were still questioning Gu Qianhan's ability and his title of "genius", but now, no one dared to question him anymore.

One day, it only took him one day to find clues, evidence, and the bodies of the thirteen members of the Xin family.

If he is not a genius, then who is?

too strong!

Shocking!

It turns out that there really is a huge gap between geniuses and mediocre people like them!

But the genius who had solved the case and won great credit remained indifferent and cold, and there was no smug expression on his angular and handsome face.

He sat there with a calm and composed temperament, as if he was the master of the world and nothing could shake his mind.

After a brief silence, the people in the hall came to their senses and surrounded the person who ran back to report the news, asking him questions.

"Where were the remains found in the south of the city? How were they found? Why didn't we find them?"

"It's at a farm of the Shen family in the south of the city. We followed Mr. Gu's instructions and found the farm by following Xiang Meng's father."

"Ah? Xiang Meng, after killing the Xin family members, buried them all in the manor? That's impossible. We have followed Xiang Meng's father before and searched all the Shen family manors, but found nothing!"

"It's not in the manor, but in a field outside the manor. We specifically asked someone, and people near the manor said that there is a small area that is very strange. The land used to be fertile, but in the past two years, there is no grass growing. Before we left, Master Gu said that the Western Region Purple Crow is very poisonous and will destroy the land, preventing most vegetation from growing."

"I see. Master Gu is really amazing. He knows all this. This is the first time we have even heard of the name of Western Region Purple Crow. Now we have solid evidence that the Xin family was poisoned and killed by Xiang Meng."

“There’s more!”

The person who came back to report the news said, "Lord Lu, Master Gu, we also found a half rusty needle on one of the thirteen corpses!"

Lu Qiying was shocked: "Maybe it matches the half taken out of Xiang Meng's face?"

"Roughly speaking, it should be about the same. We didn't move the bones for fear of destroying the evidence, and we didn't dare to take the needle back without permission. The needle is still stuck in the bones. My Lord and Master Gu, please move and go to the scene to check together! Oh, and General Xin, there are still clothes left on the bones. I'm afraid General Xin will have to go and identify them to see if they are from the Xin family."

Xin Huailin was staggering at this moment, his face as pale as paper.

Although he was mentally prepared and knew that his family was in great danger, when he actually heard the news of the thirteen corpses, he still felt dizzy and his heart ached.

He bit his tongue hard to wake himself up.

He had narrowly escaped death on the battlefield, but when he returned, all his family members were killed. He must avenge this vengeance with his own hands! He must also bury his family members properly.

"Let's go to the south of the city!"

At Lu Qiying's command, almost all the people in the Ministry of Justice came out.

After a while, Xiao Qingyuan and Mo Ji were the only ones left in the hall.

Mo Ji couldn't help but ask, "Prince, should we go and take a look?"

Xiao Qingyuan gritted his teeth, his expression extremely ugly: "What are you going to see? To see the corpse, or to see Gu Qianhan show off? Or to let others see my failure?"

He never thought that Gu Qianhan would solve the case so quickly!

Now, Gu Qianhan’s reputation as a genius has been completely established.

Thinking of the awe and admiration in the eyes those people from the Ministry of Justice looked at Gu Qianhan just now, Xiao Qingyuan felt an indescribable sense of loss and frustration in his heart.

"Mo Ji, why is it like this again? Why couldn't I beat Gu Qianhan when I was a child, and I still couldn't beat him when I grew up? I was obviously the first one to come into contact with the case, so why did I lose to Gu Qianhan who came later?"

Mo Ji didn't know how to comfort him, he could only say: "Master, it's just a case, there's no winning or losing, don't think too much. It's late, go back home!"

"Mo Ji, I really regret it now. I shouldn't have agreed to play in the snow with Hua Yi in the mansion yesterday. If I hadn't stayed with her in the mansion, if I had gone to investigate the case, maybe I would have found clues yesterday, and I would be the one who solved the case today, not Gu Qianhan."

As soon as Xiao Qingyuan finished speaking, a voice suddenly sounded behind him: "Xiao Qingyuan, even if you went to investigate the case yesterday, it would be useless. You can't solve the case!"

Xiao Qingyuan was startled. He turned around abruptly and saw a face that surprised him: "Shen Mingxuan?!"

"Yes, it's me."

"Why are you here in the Ministry of Justice in the middle of the night? Is there no one outside to stop you?!"

"They all went to the south of the city to dig up corpses. No one cares about this place. Besides, who would notice a humble person like me coming to the Ministry of Justice in the middle of the night?"

Only then did Xiao Qingyuan notice that she was wearing black men's clothing.

Thinking of what she just said, Xiao Qingyuan looked unhappy: "You came to the Ministry of Justice in the middle of the night just to mock me for not being able to solve the case?"

"I'm not being sarcastic, I'm just stating the truth."

Shen Mingxuan sneered: "Because the person who solved the case was not Gu Qianhan, but Shen Wantang!"

Xiao Qingyuan's heart was shocked: "What did you say? This is impossible!"

"Humph, what's impossible about this! When Xiang Meng killed Xin Huailin's sister, Shen Wantang hadn't married yet. She might have seen something a long time ago. Is it strange that she knew Xiang Meng was the murderer?"

When Shen Mingxuan mentioned Shen Wantang, her teeth were almost broken.

Yesterday, her father used the family rules to beat her with twenty boards. If the nanny who beat her had not been her mother's woman and had not shown mercy, how could she have stood up now?

But even so, her whole body was in great pain. Every moment she stood, it felt like countless needles were piercing her flesh.

However, she endured the tremendous pain and came to see Xiao Qingyuan, just to seduce Shen Wantang and avenge herself!

"Xiao Qingyuan, you don't know, do you? Yesterday at the Shen family, Shen Wantang revealed that Xiang Meng was infected with the strange poison from the Western Regions, but she didn't give the credit to you, but gave it to Gu Qianhan instead. Don't you think there's something fishy going on here?"

Xiao Qingyuan frowned, "What nonsense are you talking about? Didn't Gu Qianhan find out that Xiang Meng was poisoned by the Western Region Purple Crow? What does this have to do with Shen Wantang?"

"Wrong! Absolutely wrong! The poison in Xiang Meng's body was not discovered by Gu Qianhan, but by Shen Wantang!"

"I was at home yesterday. Don't I know more about what happened at home than an outsider like you?"

"Xiao Qingyuan, you've been deceived by Shen Wantang!"